US Congress House Bill 2331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 8 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prepare All Kids Act of 2011 - Creates a part I (High Quality Full-Day Prekindergarten Programs) under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Implements such part by requiring the Secretary of Education to establish a Prekindergarten Incentive Fund from which matching grants shall be awarded to states and, through them, subgrants to qualified prekindergarten providers to establish, expand, or enhance voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs serving children ages 3-5. Directs state grantees to set aside: (1) at least 15% of their grant for quality early childhood development programs for children ages 0-3, and (2) at least 10% of their grant to extend the hours of early childhood programs to create extended day and year programs. Requires prekindergarten subgrantees to: (1) maintain a maximum class size of 20 children, with at least 1 prekindergarten teacher per classroom; and (2) ensure that the ratio of children to prekindergarten teachers and teacher aides does not exceed 10 to 1.

Prepare All Kids Act of 2011

Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.

Rep Hirono, Mazie K.

Rep Stark, Fortney Pete

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-06-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2011-06-23	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1181)

SB1156 (Related) 2011-06-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02331:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2331ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2331ih.pdf